[NOTE: Err, an explanation is in
order. I wrote this fanfic as a dare…I
was dared to write a fanfic from beginning to end totally impromptu in a chat
window. It didn't come out too bad…not
my best, but not bad for impromptu. I
saved a log of the chat and cut & pasted the exact text I typed into a more
readable format. "Enjoy"! ^_^]

MAYOR FOR A DAY

By: Mark J. Hadley

The City of Townsville...and it's the
thirtieth annual ice cream fair! Once a year, everyone gathers in Townsville
Park to sample dozens of flavors of ice cream...and it's all free! This year is special...the fair was
dedicated to the Powerpuff Girls, to celebrate their efforts in saving the city
for the past year. The mayor stepped up in front of a podium, with the girls by
his side, as he prepared to announce the opening of the festival...

The mayor spoke into the microphone,
"I declare this year's Ice Cream Fair officially open! And to honor the
Powerpuff Girls for their good deeds in the past year, I'd like to present...a
new flavor of ice cream!" A cover
was whisked from one of the tables, revealing the new ice cream
flavor...Powerpuff Delight! It contained swirls of strawberry, blueberry, and
mint!

Each of the girls stepped up to the
podium and shook the mayor's hand, one after another...Blossom, then Bubbles,
then Buttercup...then the Mayor announced, "Now for the moment we've all
been waiting for...let's dig in!"

Hours passed, and the festival was slowly
winding down as people began to go home... the mayor was resting in a chair not
far from one of the tables, absolutely huge after eating tons of ice cream
himself. Ms. Bellum, next to him, said, "Mayor, I think you've had enough
for one night...let's call it quits, shall we?"

Back at the Utonium household, where
the girls had already gone home for the night, the hotline rang, and Blossom
dashed out of bed to answer it, "Hello, Mayor?"

"No, Blossom, it's me,"
Ms. Bellum's voice came from the other end... "Girls, something serious
has happened...the Mayor is...well...indisposed at the moment...he got a
horrible stomach ache from eating all that ice cream..."

"That's awful," Blossom
replied, as the other girls woke up and flew over to listen, "But...why
call us?"

Ms. Bellum paused, then said,
"Well...you see...there's an old line in the town charter that says...hold
on a moment...*ahem*...'Should the mayor be incapacitated due to stomach
problems, the one who last shook his hand will become acting mayor for as long
as he remains indisposed.'..."

"...and...?" Blossom said.

"Well...at the
festival..." Ms. Bellums said, "...Buttercup was the last one to
shake his hand...so technically..."

Buttercup, who had heard this with
her ultrasonic hearing, fell silent for a moment, then said... "I'm...the
mayor...?"

*** The next day... ***

The girls were in the mayors
office...Buttercup was testing out the mayor's chair, and Ms. Bellum was
standing next to her, just finishing up a conversation on the phone. She hung
up and said, "That was the hospital. They said the mayor will be fine, but
that he needs to rest for another day..."

"Awesome!" Buttercup said,
"So, that means I get to be the mayor for the whole day! What do I
do?"

Blossom suggested, "You could
take this opportunity to appropriate more funds for the schools and
museums!"

Bubbles added, "Or plant more
flowers in the park! Or some more trees!"

"Booooring," Buttercup
laughed. "Nah, I've got some other things in mind! Like for
starters..."

Ms. Bellum interrupted,
"Actually, Buttercup...there are a few important things that need your
attention, first..." She slid a stack of papers over in front of her,
"These need your signature..."

"Uh...okay..." Buttercup
said, looking at the rather sizeable stack of papers. "But...this is gonna
take forever!"

"I know, but it needs to be
done," Ms. Bellum told her. "If you need anything, I'll be right
outside the door, Ms. Mayor..." She left the office as Buttercup picked up
the first of the papers and peered quizzically at it.

"Well, it looks like you're
busy," Blossom said. "We'll be back later, okay?"

Bubbles flew off towards the window
with Blossom and waved, "See you later!" The two of them left the
office together. Buttercup put the
first of the papers down in front of her, searched around for a pen...finding
one, she signed "Buttercup" on the line. She set the paper off to the side, starting a completed stack,
then put the next paper down in front of her. She stared at it and sighed
tiredly...

"This stinks..." she said to
herself...then brightened up as she got an idea. Gripping the pen tightly, she
took a deep breath and started signing the papers with her superspeed, quickly
pulling them off the top of the stack, signing them, then flinging them to the
side. She was done in less than a minute.

She folded her arms in triumph and
said, "Done!" Clicking the button on the intercom, she said,
"All done, Ms. Bellum..."

Ms. Bellum came into the room,
stopping next to her desk, and said, "That certainly was fast..."

"Ahh, no problem at
all..." Buttercup said, still smiling smugly.

"But..." Ms. Bellum said,
pointing off to the side of the desk, "...it was really important for
those to be in order..." Buttercup followed where she was pointing, and
saw the huge pile of paper where she had been flinging the completed
documents...all messed-up and out of order...

The chief of police spoke from the
other end, "Mayor...um...Buttercup...the bank is being robbed again!"

"I'm on it!" Buttercup
said, hanging up the phone.

Just as she had started to fly up
from the chair, Ms. Bellum said, "Wait! It's your job to call the other
girls..." She pointed at the hotline phone.

"No way, I can take care of
this myself!" Buttercup laughed, and flew out of the office through the
wall. Ms. Bellum just sighed, and started picking up the mess of papers.

* * *

Time wore on...another call from the
police chief came in just as she returned to her desk, and she immediately flew
off to take care of it...when she got back, another call came in...this little
cycle continued for another few hours...

Eventually, Buttercup slumped down
into the chair behind the desk, pooped. She wiped her forehead, and said,
"Phew...what a busy day...and it's only..." she checked the clock.
"Noon?! Oh man...I'm not gonna make it to the end of the day at this
rate..."

She suddenly smiled a little, and
said, "Wait a sec...I don't have to..." At that moment,
another call from the police chief came in...a jewelry store was being robbed.
She answered, "No problem, I'm on it..." and hung up...

* * *

Back at the Utonium household, the
hotline rang, and Blossom rushed over to the phone, answering it,
"Hello?"

"Hey, Blossom, it's me..."
Buttercup said. "There's a jewelry store being robbed downtown, can you go
take care of it?"

Blossom nodded, "No problem! By
the way, how is it being mayor, Buttercup?"

"It's...getting better,"
Buttercup admitted. Blossom hung up the phone and dashed off with Bubbles to
take care of the robbery.

Back at the office, Buttercup hung
up the hotline, and leaned back in her chair, putting her feet up on the table,
"Ahh...why didn't I do this before?"

* * *

More time passed...now, as calls
came in, Buttercup just called the girls up on the hotline and sent them to
take care of it. Call after call came in, for another few hours… Eventually,
the girls stopped by the office after catching some car thieves, and Buttercup
said, "Great job, girls! You've saved the day again!"

"Very funny, Buttercup,"
Blossom said. "But you know, we really could use your help out
there..."

"No ya don't," Buttercup
said, waving it off. "You're doin' just fine on your own! Besides, what
could possibly happen that could need all three of us?"

At that moment, the office shook, as
something impacted nearby...the girls flew over to the window and saw a giant
monster stomping it's way through the town.
Bubbles stared through the window and said, "That could."

Buttercup just flew back to her
chair, "You two can take care of it...I've got, umm...some important...mayor
stuff to do..."

"But..." Bubbles began,
but the office shook again as the monster continued it's rampage.

"There's no time to
argue," Blossom shouted. "Bubbles, let's go!" The two of them
left the office, flying towards the monster...

It was a huge rabbit-like
creature...at first, it was very cute-looking, and Bubbles said, "Maybe it
just doesn't know what it's doing...it could be lost..."

Blossom looked at it, "You
think so?"

"Yes," Bubbles answered.
"Maybe he misses his family..." But at that moment, the monster,
still from afar, picked up a car and lobbed it into the air...it arced across
the sky, and slapped perfectly onto Bubbles, knocking her down into the
street...

Bubbles joined her from the street,
and Blossom immediately called out, "Attack plan
Gamma-Alpha-Three...go!" The two of them circled around the sides of the
monster, getting ready to blast it with their eyebeams from the other side as
they passed...but the monster scooped up a pair of telephone wires and hurled
them with perfect accuracy, knocking them out of the sky...

As they picked themselves up from
the street, Bubbles rubbed her head and said, "How come that didn't
work?"

"I don't know, it..."
Blossom began, then stopped, clenching her eyes angrily, "Oh, of course!
Buttercup was supposed to distract him...no wonder..." They both looked up from the ground as the
monster's shadow crossed them...it towered over them, and prepared to stomp
down with its feet...

Buttercup, still sitting comfortably
in her chair, glanced out of the window, at the monster continuing its rampage,
and reassured herself aloud, "It's okay, they can handle it, no
problem..." She saw the
monster picking the girls up, and slamming them repeatedly into the side of one
of the buildings, and cringed, "...or maybe not. Mayor, schmayor...I've
got to help them!" She flew out of the chair and dashed out through the
wall of the office.

Back at the street, the monster held
both of the girls out in front of itself, smiling down (still looking like a
cute rabbit). Blossom, arms pinned to her side, looked over at Bubbles and
said, "Any ideas?"

"Only one," Bubbles said,
then took a deep breath and screamed, "HEEEEELLLPPP!!"

The monster laughed cutely, then
prepared to slam them both into the ground, when suddenly he spotted something
out of the corner of his eye... turning his head to face it, he saw Buttercup
flying towards him in a streak of green, shouting, "Never fear...the
mayor's here!" and landing a kick to his jaw...

The monster fell over onto its side,
releasing both Blossom and Bubbles...as it held its head dizzily, it opened its
eyes to see the three of them flying together towards him...a quick flurry of
punches and kicks later, the monster was dazed, and slumped onto its back, out
cold.

"Thanks for your help,
Buttercup!" Blossom said.

"No problem," Buttercup
replied, then looked sheepish as she said, "Look...I'm sorry for sending
you two out on your own all those times..."

"It's okay," Bubbles said.
"We forgive you!" The three of them started flying back to the
office.

"So how is being Mayor?"
Blossom asked.

"Kinda dull," Buttercup
said. "I don't know how the Mayor puts up with it. I'd rather be out there
fighting criminals than stuck behind the desk..."

As they arrived, Ms. Bellum was
waiting for them, as was the Mayor! Ms. Bellum said, "Good news,
Buttercup...the Mayor is feeling better, and was released from the Hospital
early!"

"Yeah!" the mayor said,
"I feel great!"

"Heh, that's good,"
Buttercup said. "I dunno if I could put up with this for another
day..."

Bubbles flew over and shook the
mayor's hand, "Glad to have you back, Mr. Mayor! And I'm sure you're happy
to be back too...right?" She nudged him with her elbow playfully.

The mayor doubled over from the hit,
though, and fell down, grasping his midsection, "Ooogg!...Don't hit...me
there..." and passed out.